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Former 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former Speaker of the House

Newt Gingrich

Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich


Gingrich position on Capital Punishment

Gingrich supports capital punishment.

In a speech in 1995, Gingrich recommends the inclusion of drug smuggling under capital crime offences. He went on to draft H.R. 41, a bill that recommends the death penalty to anyone smuggling over one hundred doses of any form of illicit substance across American borders. The bill was defeated.
“You import commercial quantities of drugs in the United States for the purpose of destroying our children, we will kill you… I say put it on the ballot and say either legalize them or get rid of them… But quit playing the game that enriches the evil, strengthens the violence, addicts our children, and makes us look pathetic and helpless… Do it one by one, it'll add up… If the word gets back that we're serious and we're actually implementing it, then it will have a very chilling effect on people bringing drugs into the U.S.”
July 14, 1995, Speech to the Republican National Committee



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